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| name = Gaziul Haque<br />
| native_name = গাজীউল হক<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|2|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Nichintapur, [[Chhagalnaiya Upazila|Chhagalnaiya]], [[Feni District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|6|17|1929|2|13|df=y}}<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| education = MA, LLB<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abu Naser Muhammad Gaziul Haque''' (13 February 1929 – 17 June 2009) was a language activist and an activist leader during the [[Bengali Language Movement]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|chapter=Haque, ANM Gaziul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Haque,_ANM_Gaziul |editor2-last=Akhter |editor2-first=Shamima }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education==<br />
Haque was born in Nichintapur village of [[Chhagalnaiya Upazila]] in [[Feni district]] to Nurjahan Begum and Sirajul Haque. He got his early education from Kashipur School, and completed his matriculation examination from [[Bogra Zilla School]] in 1946. He passed intermediate of arts examination from [[Government Azizul Haque College|Azizul Haque College]] in 1948. He completed his bachelor's and masters' in history from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1951 and 1952 respectively and LLB degree from the same university in 1956.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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Next year in September he joined the Democracy Summit in [[Dhaka]]. He was the chairman of the procession of a news published in the English daily ''Morning News''.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Since his early days, Haque was involved in different progressive movements. He was arrested in 1942 for replacing a Union Jack with a Muslim League flag flying on a government building in Ramna. In 1944, he was elected a president of Bengali Muslim Chhatra League of [[Bogra District]]. He led a procession in the University of Dhaka campus in protest of the statement of the then chief minister [[Khwaja Nazimuddin]] on 30 January 1952 on the language issue.<ref>Ahmed, Monowar. ''Bhasha Andoloner Shochitro Dolil'', Agamee Prokashani, pp. 110 {{ISBN|984-401-147-7}}</ref> Haque presided over the historic Amtala meeting held on 21 February 1952. The decision to violate section 144 of the criminal procedure code was taken in realizing the demand for making [[Bengali language|Bengali]] a state language of Pakistan.<ref name=bpedia/> The action led to [[Language Movement Day]].<br />
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Haque was imprisoned in 1953, 1954 and 1975 for various causes.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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In April 1971, he along with 27 freedom fighters attacked the Aria Cantonment in North Bengal and liberated it. The battle is also known as Chili-fight.<br />
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Haque was a regular member of the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] Advisory Committee and also one of the founders of ''Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee''. He was also the chairman of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) and Bogra Hamdard Unani Medical College and Hospital.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* Jeler Kabita (1969)<br />
* Ebarer Sangram Swadhinatar Sangram(1971)<br />
* Egiye Cholo (1971)<br />
* Bangladesh Unchained (1971)<br />
* Media Laws and Regulations in Bangladesh (1992)<br />
* Muhammad Sultan (1994)<br />
* Bangladesh-er Gena Medhaym Ain o Bidhimala (1996)<br />
* Uchcha Adalate Bangla (2003)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Pabna Theatre Prize (1977)<br />
* State Language Padak (1993)<br />
* Bhasha Sainik Padak (1997)<br />
* Sipep Gold medal (1999)<br />
* Bangla Academy Fellowship (1999)<br />
* Bishwa Bangali Conference Prize (2000)<br />
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2000)<br />
* Jahanara Imam Padak (2001)<br />
* Bangabandhu Padak (2003)<br />
* Sher-e-Bangla National Award (2004)<br />
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The University of Dhaka conferred him the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Laws degree in 2008<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Feni District]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali language movement activists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]<br />
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]</div>Bot